Tool for inserting wires in sleeves.



No. 768,974. PATENTED AUG. 30, 1904.

H. BEAUDETTB.

TOOL FOR INSERTING WIRES IN SLEEVES.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 6. 1904.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OEETCE.

HENRY BEAUDETTE, OF TROY, NEW YORK.

TOOL FOR INSERTING WIRES IN SLEEVES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N0. 768,974, dated August 30, 1904,

Application tiled April 6, 1904. Serial No. 201,843. (No model.)

To a/ZZ whom, it may oon/cern.'

Be it known that l, HENRY BEAUDETTE, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Troy, in the county of Rensselaer and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Tool for Inserting' Wires in Sleeves, of which the following is afull, clear, and eX- act description.

This invention relates particularly to devices for use in forcing electric wires, such as trolley-wires, into coupling-sleeves, an object being to provide a tool for this purpose that will be simple in construction, inexpensive, and by means of which the wire ends may be easily inserted.

I will describe a tool Jfor inserting wires in sleeves embodying' my invention and then point out the novel features in the appended claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying' drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a side view of atool embodying my invention, showing' it in connection with a wire. Fig. 2 is a side view thereof, showing the parts in position for receiving a wire. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the tool with a poi'- tion broken away, and Fig. 4 is a section on the line 4 4 of Fig'. 1.

The tool comprises two jaws 5 6, each jaw being provided in its inner face with a longitudinal channel 7, which, as here shown, is substantially V-shaped, and the walls are provided with ratchet-shaped teeth. are connected at one side by means of links 8 9, the said links engaging with studs 10 on the jaw 5 and with studs 11 on the jaw 6. At the opposite side the upper jaw is provided with studs 12 13, with which links 14 15 engage, and these links are also designed to be removably engaged with studs 16 17 on the jaw 6. The studs 12 13 are somewhat longer than the studs 16 17, so that the links may be slid lengthwise of the long lugs to disengage them from the short lugs, so that the links may be swung' to one side to permit the insertion of a wire laterally. To prevent the links from being wholly removed from the long studs, the ends of said studs will be The jaws slightly upset or headed. By the link connection it is obvious that the jaws will have longitudinal movement relatively to eachV other while closing or opening. One of the jaws, here show n as the jaw 5, has an eXtension 18, which is designed to be struck by a hammer or other instrument, and this projection, it will be noted, extends at an incline relatively to the jaw, so as to clear the wire, permitting the hammer to readily strike against the end of the extension.

In the operation the wire is to be placed in the tool and the end of the wire inserted in the sleeve y, which is of the usual construction-that is, the sleeve has outward openings to permit the ends of the wires to be turned outward. When the tool is in engagement` with the wire and the wire slightly started in the sleeve, a few blows on the end of the extension 18 will force the wire into the sleeve. During the operation the link connections between the jaws will be at an inoline, as indicated in Fig. 1, and the jaws will be caused to tightly grip the wire.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patentw 1. A tool for the purpose specified, comprising a pair of jaws having channels in their inner faces, link connections between the jaws, and an extension from one of the jaws arranged at an incline relatively thereto and upon the striking on the end of which the jaws will be caused to grip a wire.

2. A'tool for the purpose specified, comprising apair of jaws, link connections between the jaws at opposite sides, the links at one side having removable connection with one of the jaws, and an extension-piece on one of the jaws.

3. A tool for the purpose specified, comprising channeled jaws, lugs on opposite sides of the jaws, and links engaging with thelugs, the lugs on one side of one jaw being' longer than the lugs on the same side of the opposite jaw, whereby the links may be slid along the long lugs and released from the opposite lugs.

4. A tool for the purpose specied, comprisinga pair of jaws, each having a V-shaped In testimony whereof I have Signed my name to this speellieation 1n the presence of two suli- IO seribing witnesses.

HENRY BEAUDETTE.

/Vitnesses:

WILLIAM VVRIG-HT, KYAN A. FISHER. 

